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MetLife makes senior appointment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013
MetLife has appointed Damien Green to lead its Employee Benefits business in Asia. Green will be based out of Hong Kong and will start with the company in February 2013. He will report to Christopher Townsend, president of Asia for MetLife. "I am extremely ...

Politics around LISC heats up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... Minister Bill Shorten last week saying he will defend low income tax benefits and The Australia Institute saying the top end of town should be targeted instead. Concerns about disproportionate effects that would be felt by low income earners if they ...

Glimmer of hope for house prices

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
Median house prices across Australia's capital cities increased over the June quarter by measly 1.4%, with other dwellings up 0.6%, according to the latest data from the Bendigo Bank/REIA Real Estate Market Facts report prepared by the Real Estate Institute ...

Swift resolution sought on Storm trial

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
Lawyers representing ASIC, the Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie and Bank of Queensland are expected to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow ahead of Federal Court proceedings on the 2008 collapse of Storm Financial. The meeting will attempt to negotiate a ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... peered through the Hole and we saw something - we think. Now it's the Europeans turn. Yes Virginia, the Europeans are back in town! And yes, Virginia, we can tell because we're hearing the same rhetoric from the usual suspects being replayed on cyberspace. ...

Commbank knew of potential Storm collapse: lawyers

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
Lawyers for victims of the Storm Financial collapse said they have uncovered a document which proves that the Commonwealth Bank knew investors would lose their money during the global financial crisis. Barrister Tony Morris told the Federal Court in ...

Storm's victims counselled against settlement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
Stewart Levitt, the lawyer representing victims of the failed Storm Financial Group has advised clients not to accept an out-of-court settlement, should one be offered. Levitt advised his clients not to support any move by the Australian Securities ...

GESB appoints new member director

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
Glen Townsing has been appointed to the board of WA public sector super fund GESB as a member director. He replaces Derek Spray who recently retired after serving as a member director since 2003. Townsing is a senior developer at the WA Department of ...

BT hones tech for advice scale

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... video," Spiers said. "You can have one client at the end or three clients at the end - so you mightn't have a planner in town but you've got as many as you like at the hub that services them, allowing for a broad-scale advice offering."

SMSFs need better access to alternatives: BlueSky

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
The focus by fund managers on the 'big end of town' has negatively impacted SMSFs, who have missed out on quality options for alternative returns, according to BlueSky Alternative Investments. This is despite SMSF significant cash weighting making them ...